Puppy Potty Training Techniques

The ideal time to potty-train a puppy is when it is old enough to take a leave from its mother and is ready to be introduced to its new family. A puppy which has already started out its life with bad and untrained habits, gives a difficult time to the owner, to make it learn and unlearn things. For the techniques to do well and yield positive results, it is important for the owner to understand that the training will take time, and lot of patience and persistent attempts from the owner's part. These techniques also involve educating the owner and making it get hold of the signs, which indicate that the puppy needs to be taken outside or to the toilet.

Tips to Potty Train A Puppy

To begin with the training techniques, you must be aware of the signs that 'it's time'! It has been observed that most puppies need to go to the bathroom 15 - 20 minutes after their meal. Your puppy may become restless and start to circle and sniff the floor. Digging the floor is also an indication that your puppy needs to relieve itself and so is making its way towards a previously soiled spot.

So, when your puppy start showing such signs, you must understand that it needs to go for a potty break. Immediately, take your puppy outside and chose a specific area of the yard or the like. It has to be kept in mind that this place should not be near the place, where your puppy might spend it's time playing. Do not distract the puppy while it is doing its business and encourage it to complete its potty process. It is a good practice to reward your puppy, as it begins to learn going to the bathroom.

Puppy crate training becomes a necessity, when you know that you cannot have your presence for a potty patrol for an extended period of time. Confining the puppy to a crate is beneficial for those who cannot dedicate enough time for training their puppy. Apart from this, reduced problems with soiled floors, is also one of the favorable advantages which pet owners get. However, puppies do not have sufficient control on their bladder and so it is not recommended to keep your puppy in a crate, for hours at a time. Arrangements have to be made so that the animal can enjoy its potty break every two hours.

Get some special cleansers from pet supply stores, in order to remove any trace of odor from the place chosen for potty training. This is because, if your puppy gets the waste odor, it might think that it has found the toilet, which might be not the toilet after all.

Puppy potty training pads help make training easier and simpler. These pads are made out of material which are able to absorb waste and keep the puppy's living area clean. Using such pads also train the puppy, where to go for its needs.

Apart from all such potty training techniques, owners may also benefit from using a bell. Yes a bell! Buy some bells which are marketed especially for such trainings and hang them over the door knob. The bells should hang low enough so that your puppy can reach them with its nose or paws. When you take your puppy out for a potty break, inculcate the use of a command like 'boy, go potty' or 'girl, go potty' or whatever you prefer and use it during every potty break. Now, bring your puppy to the door and use the command and ring the bells. After having rung the bells, take your pet outside. You have to carry on with this training for the first two weeks. Thereafter, take your puppy to the door and use the command as usual. But this time, do not ring the bell and wait for your puppy to do it. Once it rings the bell, praise your pet well and then take it out. Not to mention, this step has also to be repeated for the following two weeks or so, until you find your puppy ringing the bells on its own. When this happens, you can be certain that your puppy has been trained well to go out on its own for its needs.

Following all such different training techniques, as said, demands time to give desirable results. It is most likely that accidents will occur and being prepared to clean up the mess is a wise decision. Temper is one thing which most pet owners cannot put a leash on, and this is when everything goes out of place. Remember, your puppy is a 'puppy' and not a child whom you can punish for a misdeed. No matter how much you scold or shout at it, it won't understand the reason why you are upset.

One of the most important techniques to toilet-train your puppy is to ignore any potty accidents which might occur. This is because, if you react to the accident, your puppy might want to resort to the same behavior as a means of getting your attention. So, follow the above puppy house training tips, be a good daddy to your little canine, teach it all good stuffs and forgive him for his little silly mistakes!